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Snowshoe rabbits are numerous in and around the pasture. They go through the mesh but it bothers them. One will track up and down the fence before crawling through & then sometimes turn back.

There are elk not far from the pasture and they might be led in with hay. The dense timber would be ideal for them in winter if some hay was available. There are said to be several herds of elk in these mts, about 20 in one herd. Some are killed every year & the Oregon game laws are said to be a farce. There is no law protecting deer.

2500 sheep were kept in the pasture through Sept. & Oct, and Mr. O'Brien thinks 2500 can be kept in it, all next summer. The fee for sheep on the reserve is 7¢ a head for the summer. It ought to be doubled in the pasture for the saving of herder  & protection of sheep.

Still at 15¢ a head 2500 sheep would yield a revenue of only $375 a year.